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The annual Humans to Mars Summit takes place next week, with talks focusing on establishing a sustainable and permanent human presence on the Red Planet by the mid-2030s.

The annual Humans to Mars Summit takes place next week, with talks focusing on establishing a sustainable human presence on the Red Planet by the mid-2030s.

Californian startup Astrolab has signed a deal with a creative agency called Group of Humans to offer brands the chance to advertise on the moon.

Our moon is shrinking because its dense, metallic core is gradually cooling down and contracting, report experts at NASA and the University of Maryland.

Artemis II was expected to be the biggest space mission of 2024 - but its been delayed until September next year. Artemis III, meanwhile, wont happen until 2026.

Space agencies around the world - plus private firms like Elon Musk s SpaceX - are already looking forward to an even more prolific year in 2024.

NASA launched its CHAPEA mission just yesterday, which saw four volunteers head into a Mars simulation in Houston, Texas, where they will spend the next year.

A commercial landing on Mars will have to wait a little longer as two private space companies updated their plan to touchdown on the Red Planet,

Astronauts may orbit Mars by 2033, but setting foot on the Red Planet by the end of next decade would be an "aggressive" and "audacious" goal, NASA officials said.

Companies previewed their plans to build lunar infrastructure this week at the 2023 Humans to Mars Summit in Washington DC.